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• Wednesday
  17th March

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    Lonelady - Nerve Up

    Author

    Liam Blackford

    Any kind of rock music on Warp Records would have been seriously weird ten years ago, especially when you consider that the label is the home to history’s first IDM heavyweights (see Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada) and the driving force behind the evolution of that sound. The expansion into hiphop was pretty intuitive and obvious, but what is ‘Warp Records-like’ about post-punk acts like Maximo Park, Born Ruffians, and their latest offering from Manchester’s LoneLady? The answer is that, just like the cerebral sophistication of Aphex Twin back when he destroyed and rebuilt techno, LoneLady’s music aims for the brain as much as the feet, and is so much the better for doing so. more »

• Tuesday
  16th March

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    Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago

    Presenter

    Damian Smith

    Matador Records

    Listening to Shearwater’s latest album is almost like getting lost in some slightly sinister dream world, filled with Minotaurs, secret islands and growing discord. It’s impressively cinematic in scope and demands to be taken seriously… more »

• Monday
  15th March

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    The Leisure Society - The Sleeper

    Author

    Em Urquhart

    Combining the pop-folk sensibilities of Belle and Sebastian with the delicate instrumentation and dynamic sensitivity of Fleet-Foxes, it is no surprise that Brian Eno declared The Leisure Society to be a band worthy of enthusiasm.

    The Sleeper, the band’s debut album, cements itself firmly in the burgeoning genre of indie folk… more »

• Tuesday
  9th March

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    Micah P Hinson - All Dressed Up

    Author

    Jasmine Hughes

    It is a difficult thing – producing an album of covers that is more exercise in re-invention then self-indulgence. Unfortunately far too often covers are lesser reproductions of the original or, even worse, travesties. Micah P. Hinson’s latest album, ‘All Dressed Up and Smelling of Strangers’ (excellent title) is a two disc array of covers that manages to produce a range of outcomes. more »

• Monday
  8th March

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    Various Artists - Afro-Rock Volume One: A collection of rare and unreleased Afro-Beat quarried from across the continent.

    Author

    Adam Fox

    Strut

    Musicologist Duncan Brooker took it upon himself to go to Africa on a funk-finding mission during the mid-90’s. Like the Lomax family who travelled across the States during the 30’s uncovering some pretty interesting folk and blues music,… more »

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